The sixth International Yoga Day is being observed across the world. "Yoga unites, spreads brotherhood," Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who played an instrumental role in popularising yoga in the world after coming to power in 2014, said in his message on Sunday. Since 2015, International Yoga Day, is a United Nations designated day. Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family, is the focus this year as experts advised people to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gujarat police on Thursday filed the chargesheet against controversial godman Asaram in the rape case, on the complaint filed by a Surat-based woman.
A witness in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was shot at and seriously injured by unidentified assailants in Shajanpur district, police said in Bareilly on Saturday.
Union minister files a case against Rajasthan officials, alleges that audio recordings of tapped phone conversations has tarnished his reputation and disturbed his mental peace.
The father of the girl, who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Asaram Bapu, has been threatened by an unidentified person to withdraw the case or face dire consequences.
The sisters, based in Surat, had alleged they were raped and illegally confined by Asaram and his son Narayan Sai.
Self-styled godman Asaram has moved a Gujarat court for bail on grounds of delay in filing of the first information report in connection with the sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based sisters against him and son Narayan Sai.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu on health grounds in Jodhpur rape case as his medical condition was found to be stable.
At least 19 people, including eight women and four children, were killed and six others critically injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district on Wednesday night, the police said. The accident occurred near Kanodia village, about 100 km from Joghpur on the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer road.
Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is in judicial custody in the alleged sexual assault case of a minor, today moved a bail application in the Rajasthan high court in Jodhpur.
'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.' 'My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.' 'They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the city of Kolhapur.'
A key witness in the rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who was shot at by unidentified assailants in Shahjahanpur district, succumbed to injuries, the third witness in the case who has been killed.
While the Rajasthan high court has acquitted him in two cases of poaching of chinkara, trial in the third case of alleged poaching of two blackbucks is on.
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu refuted the rape charge against him on Tuesday by a 16-year-old girl, saying her medical report does not support her allegation as the court put off till Wednesday hearing on his bail plea.
The bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, was rejected on Wednesday by a Jodhpur court after the prosecution raised strong objection to setting him free.
He is now in the custody of Rajasthan Police for further probe, city Crime Branch's Assistant Commissioner of Police K N Patel said on Monday.
The Rajasthan high court on Monday extended till September 28 the stay on the notification for shifting the trial in the rape case against Asaram to the central jail premises in Jodhpur and sought the state government's response.
Pleading his innocence, actor Salman Khan on Wednesday alleged that he has been framed by the forest officials as he recorded his statement in a Jodhpur court in an arms act case against him in connection with poaching of protected blackbucks at Kankani village in October, 1998.
'As I set course for the Helicopter Training School this morning,' notes IAF Helicopter Veteran Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, 'I bow my head in respect for the institution which made me the man I am.' 'I also salute the Chetak which taught me much more than flying.' 'Both these institutions, in their own right, justify the crest and motto of the School: Achievement through Knowledge.'
The sessions court in Surat which convicted Narayan Sai will pronounce the sentence on April 30.
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob.
Arif, a watchman, set out on the daunting journey hoping some miracle would happen and he would be able to see his father, who had suffered a massive stroke and was in critical condition. And miracle did happen, when the Central Reserve Police Force came to his help. The paramilitary force gave him and his father 'wings', quite literally.
Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has run into fresh trouble after a 16-year-old girl, who had been staying in a hostel operated by his trust in Jodhpur accused him of sexual assault.
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf explains the charges against the Bollywood star.
Tigmanshu Dhulia's earthy touches, perverse humour, and queasy depiction of the upscale and underbelly revels in pulpy and devious twists, notes Sukanya Verma.
A case against Khan was registered under the Arms Act earlier in October 1998 for alleged use and possession of arms with expired licence during alleged poaching of two black bucks in Kankani village of Rajasthan.
The account turned bad before Chaudhari took over as SBI chairman and the asset was sold to AARC following an open bidding process, months after Chaudhari retired, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Bhanwari Devi murder case has all the elements of Hollywood thriller "Sex, Lies and Videotapes", Central Bureau of Investigation Director A P Singh said on Friday as he felicitated teams of Rajasthan and Maharashtra Police for their help in cracking the case.
Asaram is also facing a rape case in Surat in Gujarat in which the Supreme Court earlier this month gave five weeks time to the prosecution to complete the trial.
A Gandhinagar court o Wednesday rejected self-styled godman Asaram's bail application in the sexual assault case lodged against him by one of the two Surat-based sisters.
Prosecution on Wednesday opposed the bail plea of Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, in a court in Jodhpur saying investigations in the case will be affected if bail is granted.
Bishna Ram gang member, Ashok Bishnoi, who was wanted in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, surrendered before police in Jaloda village of the district on Tuesday.
Another accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction case, Umesha Ram, on Monday surrendered before the police in Jodhpur. He was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, which arrested him. Umesha, the ninth person to be arrested in the case, is among the five against whom the CBI court has issued arrest warrants last week. He surrendered before Deputy Inspector General (Rajasthan Police) Girraj Meena, who is assisting the CBI in the case.
Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said they were investigating how Raigar got access to a mobile phone inside the jail.
Agrasain Gehlot has been asked to depose before the investigating officer on Wednesday in Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.
The protesters are demanding five per cent reservation to Gujjars, Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, Banjara and Gadaria communities in government jobs and educational institutions.
His co-accused actors -- Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam - were acquitted in the 20-year-old case.
A MiG-21 Bison of the IAF, piloted by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was downed during a dogfight between India and Pakistan sides on February 27 after the Balakot airstrike
No first information report has been registered yet.
A 30-year-old Malaysian woman was allegedly raped by a business consultant in Jaipur, following which the accused was arrested, police said on Saturday.
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